Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation

  A practical, application-based primer on mechanical ventilation Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e covers the basics of ventilation management and clinical decision-making for physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists working in critical care medicine, pulmonary medicine, and anesthesiology. Designed to prepare students to make appropriate decisions based on each patient's disease, the book includes disease-specific chapters on the most common ailments seen by healthcare practitioners. The two authors are recognized as the foremost authorities on mechanical ventilation among respiratory therapists, and have outstanding clinical and scientific experience. Better than competing books, this text is devoted to the principles and practice of clinical management. - NEW 2-color design will appeal to students - The field's premier textbook Hess, Dean R., PhD RRT (Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, USA) / Kacmarek, Robert M. Table of Contents Part I: Principles of Mechanical Ventilation;Chapter 1: Physiologic Effects of MechanicalVentilation;Chapter 2: Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury;Chapter 3: Overview of the Mechanical VentilatorSystem and Classification;Chapter 4: Traditional Modes of MechanicalVentilation;;Chapter 5: New Modes of Mechanical Ventilation;Chapter 6: Flows, Waveforms, and I:E Ratios;Chapter 7: Humidification and the Ventilator Circuit;Chapter 8: Pressure and Volume Ventilation;Chapter 9: FIo2, PEEP, and Mean Airway Pressure:Management of Oxygenation;Chapter 10: Determining Appropriate PhysiologicGoals;Chapter 11: Indications and Initial Settings forMechanical Ventilation;Chapter 12: Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation;Part II: Ventilator Management;Chapter 13: Acute Lung Injury and Acute RespiratoryDistress Syndrome;Chapter 14: Chronic Pulmonary Disease;Chapter 15: Chest Trauma;Chapter 16: Head Injury;Chapter 17: Postoperative Patients;Chapter 18: Neuromuscular Disease and Chest WallDeformities;Chapter 19: Cardiac Failure;Chapter 20: Ashma;Chapter 21: Burns and Inhalation Injury;Chapter 22: Bronchopleural Fistula;Chapter 23: Drug Overdose;Part III: Monitoring During Mechanical Ventilation;Chapter 24: Arterial and Venous Blood Gases;Chapter 25: Indices of Oxygenation and Ventilation;Chapter 26: Pulse Oximetry, Capnography, andTranscutaneous Monitoring;Chapter 27: Hemodynamic Monitoring;Chapter 28: Basic Pulmonary Mechanics duringMechanical Ventilation;Chapter 29: Advanced Pulmonary Mechanics duringMechanical Ventilation;Chapter 30: Nutritional Assessment;Part IV: Topics in Mechanical Ventilation;Chapter 31: Airway Management;Chapter 32: Secretion Clearance, Positioning, andInhaled Aerosol Medication;Chapter 33: Chest Tubes;Chapter 34: Emergency and Transport Ventilation;Chapter 35: Noninvasive Positive PressureVentilation for Acute Respiratory Therapy;Chapter 36: Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation;Chapter 37: Pharmacologic Therapy: Sedatives,Analgesics, and Paralytic Agents;Chapter 38: High Frequency Ventilation, PartialLiquid Ventilation, and Tracheal Gas Insufflation